Resilient vehicle-wheel.



Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

R. L. WATTS z A. G. ONSTEAD. BESILIENT VBHIOLE WHEEL. APPLIOATION FILE!)1330.27, 1910.

INVENTORS: fia

'1 ATOR'NEY of one will suflice for all.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. WAT'JIS AND AUGUSTUS G. ONSTEAD, OF WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS,ASSIGNOBS, BY DIBEC'I' AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO SAIDAUGUSTUS G. ONSTEAD AND ONE-HALF TO JAMES F. ERB Y, OF WAXAHACHIE,TEXAS.

BESILIENT VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Speoiflcation of Letters Patent.

Pateted Sept. 26, 1911.

To all whom 'it my concer'n:

Be it known that we, ROBERT L. WA'I'I'S and AUGUSTUS G. ONSTEAD,citizens of the United States, residing at Waxahachie, in the eounty ofEllis and the State of Texas, have invented a new ReslientVehicle-'Wheeh of wlich the following is a speeification.

`his invention pertains to reilient vehicle WhFclS. i

The objects of the invention are; the provision of a ri id hub memberhaving resilicnt spokes ra iating therefrom and supporting an ordinaryfel y and each spoke having its outer end engaging in a casing carriedby the felly; the provison of a spacing member uniting the spokes; theprovision ofa boot attachcd to the felly and covering the easings andunitin member; and the provision of a casing or theouter end of eachspoke, each casing being made in two sectons, containing opposed springson opposite sides of the spoke, having a spoke reeeiving slot and coverplate; and the provision of devices for holding the sections of thecasings together and fastening them to tl'e felly.

A still further object of the invention is to rovide a wheel of thecharacter de scrilied that will be strong, dui-able, etficient, andsimple and inexpensive to vonstruct, also one in which the several partswill not he likely to get out of working order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has relation tocertain novel features and Construction and operation, an

example of which is described in the follow-' ing sperzilieation andillustrated in the acco'panying drawings, wherein:

Figura 1 a :side elcvztion of the wheel, half of the boot being o'itled,Fig. 2 is u detail in \'('ll.l.('tll section, Fig. ?l is another detnilin u-rtirzl section ut right ungles to Fi'g. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detuilof une of the casing rings.

In the drawings the numero] 1 designles a rigid hub member having shortrigid spoke porti ons extending ruchally thrret rom and rerj'iivpgmetull n; spoke members ll. These spoke members.telescope into spokesloeves through stulfing boxes S): A each spoke constructon is the sne adesc'ptop On the end of the spoke member 11 a plungelr head 12 isSecured and this with the stufing box holds the member in con'centricrelaton to the sleeve. The outer end-of the sleeve terminates in a Shoe17. Within the sleeve a coil spring 14 extends between the plunger headand the Shoe' and is attached to these parts. Said s ring may becompressed or extended. T e Shoe projects into a casing 45 which is madein two half sectons as shown in Fig. 3. The casing is curved to fit theinner eriphery of a. felly 2 and may be sli htly e: iedded therei' ifdesired. At eac end the half sections' are clanped together and embracedby rings 22 having lugs 24 and 25 which are screw threa ied. The fellhas a tire 3 and through this tire an the felly screw-bolts 27 arepassed and engaged in the lugs 25 of the rings, thus fastening thecasing to the felly. Set screws 23 are passed through the lugs 24 andimpinge the casing sections so as to hold' them in firm position.Thehalf sections of the casing are cut out along their upper adjacentedges to form slot 19. The Sl'IOB 17 has recesses on opposite sidesformed by a reduced portion 18, the slotted ;ortions of the halfseotio'ns being received n the recesses. Springs 26 extend from oppositesides of the shoe in the casing, being n opposed rehtion and havin theirends attaehed to the shou and the en s of the casing. A cover phle :3litting on the cnsing eovers the slot and has, length suiiicient topermit a movement longitndinully the'eof without exposing said slot. Oilholes l are provided in the plate whereby oil may be introduced into theeasing The plate has a col'lar 16 hy which it is secured about thesleeve 8.

lt is appnrenl that the springs 26 permit lnh'rnl spokes to viell whenupper andlmn-r spoke& ure exenled or eotracted and lhs all pnrts ofwheel are yieldably supported.

in orler to maintain a relative position letwellll' spokes a unitingmeniher is employel. This meniher eomprises links (3 one of which iscoiled ahot euch sleeve S and hns its tree emls -directed toward thenext mljzcent spokes. Between euch pair of spokes the :'ljncent ernisot" the ti es are engaged in t-n huekles 7, by ml ustg whoh the spokesmay he properly spaced apart and held in relative position.

For protecting the casings 4 and the uniting member from inud and watera boot 20 is provided. This boot is composed of two sections or sides,,each Secured along its lower edge to the side of the* felly; while theupper edges are laced together between the spokes and d'awn snugly aboutthe latter. \Vithin the boot supports 21 extend inwardly from the fellyand act to revent the boot which is formed of a suita le pliahlematerial, from wrinkling,

What we claim, is:

In a reslient vehicle wheel, a rigid hub member, metallic spoke membersradiating from the hub member, lunger heads seeured on the spoke memers, spoke sieeves 'eceiving the spoke members and plunger head s,coiled springs confine-J in the sleeves; shoes, one being provided oneach sleeve, each shce having a reduced portion, casings, oe for eachShoe, each casing comprisin two sections having slotted portions, eae

shoe having its redhead portion engaging in the slotted portions of theeasing sections, springs, a pair of springs in each casing on oppostesides of the shoe thereof, cover plates one Secured to each sleeve andlying over the slotted portion of the adjacent casing, a felly, a tiresurrounding the feily, the csings being curved and fitting the innerperiphe'y of the felly, rings receivin the sections of the casings, setscrews passe through the rings and engaged with the casing sections,fastenings passin through the tire and felly and enga ing t e rings, anda hood Secured to the fel y and o'overng the casings, said hood beinglaced .together between the spoke sleeves.

o ROBERT L. WAT'rs.

AUGUSTUS Gr. ONSTEAD. Witnesses:

W. M. TDWELL, BBICE Burmese.

